King Willem-Alexander and Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon were present at a meeting on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Den Haag today, April 20:

Together with the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs King Willem-Alexander paid a working visit to the agricultural farm of the family Branderhorst in Eethen today, May 19. The visit was devoted to the topic of the future of the food supply.

That is a lot of engagements with diplomats:
- receive all credentials of all new foreign ambassadors
- say farewell to all foreign ambassadors leaving The Hague
- preside the investiture of new Dutch ambassadors to be deployed
- receive in audience long-serving Dutch ambassadors leaving the Corps Diplomatique
- offering a lunch or diner to the doyen (or doyenne) du Corps Diplomatique
- the annual state banquet of the Corps Diplomatique
- the annual New Year's Reception for the Corps Diplomatique
- offering a farewell lunch for leaving ambassadors accredited more three years in The Hague

Yesterday, June 7, King Willem-Alexander together with the Secretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment made a working visit to the Stadsbank East Netherlands and the District Service Center West in Enschede to talk about debt and poverty reduction.